A Lincoln couple's greatest gifts weren't under the Christmas tree, they were gathered around it.

A Lincoln couple's greatest gifts weren't under the Christmas tree, they were gathered around it.

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Updated: 9:13 AM CST Dec 26, 2014

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WEBVTT TONIGHT, A LINCOLN COUPLE'S WHO'S GREATEST GIFTS WEREN'T UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE... THEY WERE GATHERED AROUND IT. WHAT ONCE WAS A FAMILY OF TWO IS NOW SEVEN. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI HAS THIS STORY ABOUT, HEARTBREAK, ADOPTION, HOPE AND LOVE. ( nat snd: you can buy whatever you want but it has to be something they would like. ) SECRET SANTA SHOPPING FOR COUSINS WITH THE WALTERS IS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.( JAZZMIN: Look at this. It YEAR JAZZMIN, 7 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH. 6 YEAR OLD NATE, 16 YEAR OLD TREVON AND 3 YEAR OLD ELIJAH( NAT SND: SCREAM ) YES ANDREA AND ADAM GET A LOT OF LOOKS WHERE EVER THEY GO.( Adam Walter: Oh, you got that many kids with you? Yep haaa.) AMAZING SINCE JUST THREE YEARS AGO THEY HAD NONE.( Andrea Walter: All those times I cried about not having any kids God was probably up there laughing yeah you just wait and see what I'm going to do for you. ) THE TRANSITION TO A TWO VAN FAMILY CAME QUICKLY. THE COUPLE HAD BEEN FOSTER PARENTS... WHEN THE CALL IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER ADOPTING THREE SIBLINGS.( Andrea Walter: The first time we met them it just seemed right.) AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS ANOTHER CALL THIS ONE ABOUT A NEW BORN. ELIJAH.( Andrea Walter: We're like what the heck let's go OUT ABOUT ELIJAH'S BIOLOGICAL BROTHER TREVON. HE HAD BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF FOSTER PLACEMENTS. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE TEEN JOINED THE crazy I guess but is kind of the way it's meant to be.)( NAT SND: Have yourself... ) MIXING OLD HOLIDAY TRADITIONS. ( Jazzmin: Mom tape ) AND NEW ONES.( Adam: Come on come on now. We got a new song come on come on now. ) ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT.( Andrea Walter: This is the way we've been blessed God kind of gave us a family and that's what Adam LINCOLN ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.( nat snd: a have yourself a merry little Christmas now.)( nat snd: Where did Elijah go? He's supposed to be shopping with us. ) THE WALTERS ARE JUST ONE of many ADOPTIVE FAMILIES IN STILL OVER THREE HUNDRED CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL WAITING FOR A HOME. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADOPTION HEAD TO WWW DOT DHHS DOT N-E DOT GOV FORWARD SLASH ADOPTION.

Family of two becomes family of seven

A Lincoln couple's greatest gifts weren't under the Christmas tree, they were gathered around it.